Friends Of Animals United
(FAUN)
Slaughterhouses Exposed

Putting Glass Walls on New York's Slaughterhouses So We Can
See Behind Closed Doors
Gold Medal Packing

Address: 8269 River Rd, Rome, NY 13424
Establishment No.: m17965

USDA Inspection Report: 23 Feb 2011

Code: 04B01Violation: 318.1(a), 318.1(i)

Citation: In the morning while checking the cooler
for condensation inspector found three boxes of ground beef and 3
boxes of beef cuts from [redacted] processors in the cooler. Talking
with and reviewing the HACCP plan determined that the plant didn't
address receipt of product other than their own product being
returned. Reg 318.1(a,i) require that only inspected product enter
an establishment and that all information necessary for determining
the origin and processing of a product be maintained. As a
corrective action [redacted] has modified the shipping documents to
be for either shipping or receiving. Included information on
incoming product is company, temperature and sanitation of vehicle,
random temperature of product, package integrity, odor presence and
inspection legend present. The following people were trained in the
use of the document for receiving [redacted] and [redacted].

Regulation:

318.1(a) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (g) and (h) of
this section or §318.12, no product shall be brought into an
official establishment unless it has been prepared only in an
official establishment and previously inspected and passed by a
Program employee, and is identified by an official inspection legend
as so inspected and passed. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this subparagraph, product imported in accordance with part 327
of this subchapter and not prepared in the United States outside an
official establishment, may enter any official establishment subject
in other respects to the same restrictions as apply to domestic
product. Products received in an official establishment during the
Program employees absence shall be identified and maintained in a
manner acceptable to such employee. Product entering any official
establishment shall not be used or prepared thereat until it has
been reinspected in accordance with §318.2. Any product originally
prepared at any official establishment may not be returned into any
part of such establishment, except the receiving area approved under
§318.3, until it has been reinspected by the inspector.

318.1(i) The operator of the official establishment shall furnish
such information as is necessary to determine the origin of any
product or other article entering the official establishment. Such
information shall include, but is not limited to, the name and
address of the seller or supplier, transportation company, agent, or
broker involved in the sale or delivery of the product or article in
question.